Tipping In Lithuania - A Complete Guide
Quick Guide
🍽️ Restaurant - 5-10% Customary If Good
🍕 Fast Food - No Tip Expected
🍹 Bar - No Tip Expected
☕️ Café - No Tip Expected
🚕 Taxi - No Tip Expected
🛎️ Porter/Bellhop - Optional €1-€2 Total
🛏️ Housekeeping - No Tip Expected
📸 Paid Tour Guide - 5-15% Customary
🚶♂️ Free Tour Guide - €5-€10PP Expected
Tipping has been part of Lithuanian culture since the late 1990s which saw growing Western tourism and business travel.
Calculate a culturally appropriate tip for Lithuania using the calculator below and read on for more detail on tipping in Restaurants, Cafés, Bars, Taxis, Hotels etc.
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Tipping in Restaurants
In Lithuania, you’ll usually tip your server around 5% for your standard good service (10% if great, 15% is a nice bonus if excellent).
That’s the case whether you’re in a kavinė (a casual restaurant) or a restoranas (mid/top-tier restaurant).
There’s no need to tip if you’re eating at a valgykla (self-service canteen) or you go for fast food like a McDonald’s, Hesburger or Charlie Pizza.
Cards are widely accepted but most restaurants don’t cater well to tips by card. There’s usually no tip line on the bill and you can’t always add a tip to the total when paying by card.
That means you’ll usually need to carry cash for tips.
Bear in mind that a lot of Lithuanian servers are part-time or seasonal workers and whilst you’re not expected to subsidise their salary by tipping, they often do rely on tips as part of their income.
Tipping in Bars, Pubs & Cafés
Your bartender or barista won’t expect a tip.
Sometimes there’s a tip box or tip jar on the counter where you can throw in loose change (again, cash/coins can come in handy) but you don’t need to.
Tipping Taxi Drivers
Taxi drivers here won’t expect a tip. It’s not common.
That’s become increasingly true given the rise in app-based taxi companies. Instead of a monetary tip, leaving a 5 star review on the app, if that’s an option, can help them a lot.
Tipping The Porter/Bellhop
Porters in larger, international chain hotels are more used to getting tips than those in mid-tier, local hotels.
In any case, it’s not essential but if you would like to tip the porter, you can give them €1-€2 total.
Tipping Housekeeping
It’s not really customary in Lithuania to tip housekeeping.
You can help them out by ensuring your room is at least somewhat tidy but in terms of a monetary tip, whilst it would be appreciated, it’s not expected.
Tipping Tour Guides
For paid group or private tours, tipping 5-15% is common if you have a knowledgable/entertaining guide.
You can leave a good review on TripAdvisor or Social Media on top of (or instead of) a monetary tip.
For free tours, the guides live off of tips. Give them €5-€10 per person depending on the length and quality of the tour.
Which Currency To Use
The official currency of Lithuania has been the Euro (Symbol: €, Code: EUR) since January 2015 when it replaced the Lithuanian Litas.
Whilst card and mobile payments are widely accepted, it’s best to tip in cash.
"Turėkite gero kelio!" - Have a good trip! 🇱🇹🏰🌲🍺
